Combination-garment.



E. OPPENHEIIVI. COMBINATION GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I. 1916.

Patented. Jun. 22, 1918.

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ELI OPPENHEIM, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 OPPENHEIM, OBERNDORF 8v CO. INC., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

COMBINATION-GARNIENT.

Application led May 1, 1916.

To all whom it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELI UrrnNHnrM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Garments, of which the following is a specification..

My invention relates to an improved combination garment or union suit..

A union suit undergarment can be made much more attractive; of greater utility and more comfortable to the wearer by provid ing the shirt or body portion of a fine ma terial that will be soothing to the tender skin of the wearers body, and, constructing the drawers portion of the garment of a more durable material.. l have found that in a garment of this character it is desirable to relieve the finer and sometimes delicate body-material of undue strains during some movements, such as when the wearer is stooping or bending over, and

l have further found that greater comfort to the wearer can be obtained by providing ventilation for the skin across the front of the garment at, or adjacent to, the waist.

rll`he objects therefore of my invention are to provide an improved garment embodying the above features and which will present an attractive appearance, particularly in cases where the shirt or body portion is exposed to view, and at the same time produce a garment that will provide comfort and ease to the wearer.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,-

Figure 1, shows the improved garment in front view.

Fig. 2, illustrates a portion of the rear of the garment where the body and drawers materials are connected by elastic webbing,

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Fig. 3, shows a fragment of the garment in side elevation to illustrate the two cross-wise insert pieces which connect the front and back of the body material with the front and back respectively of the drawers material.

In carrying out the invention, as shown in the drawing, the body portion 5, of the garment is made preferably of a silk or other attractive or dressy material, and in constructing this body portion I may, if desired make the front 6, thereof of a greater length than the rear 7 ,-the advantage of which will presently be expiained.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Watented dan, 22, 191

Serial No. 94,527.

valso has a front portion 13, and a rear por tion 14.. The front portion 13, of the drawers, is, in the present instance, shorter or of less height than the rear portion 14, so that, in the form illustrated, the lower edge of the front 6, ofthe body terminates in a horizontal plane below the upper edge of the rear portion 14, of the drawers.

The'front 13, of the drawers portion is provided with a placket 15, which is in alinement with the extension 10, of the body placket, while the rearportion 14, of 'the drawers is provided with a posterior Hap 16, whose upper edge 17, terminates in a horizontal plane above the upper edge 18, of the front of thedrawers.

The upper rear edge of the drawers and the lower rear edge of the body are united horizontally or across the back of the garment by a strip of elastic material 19, wheren by to lprovide for vertical strains that occur at the rear, and to relieve the ner body mau terial of those rear strains. At the front of the garment and extending crosswise thereof I provide two strips 20, of a. non-elastic, open-mesh Ventilating fabric. These two strips of fabric extend from the side edges of the garment toward the placket extension 10, and in the present instance they connect the shorter front edge 18, of the drawers with the longer and lower front edge 11, of the body.

By meansof the construction above described I provide a garment, the body portion of which has a comparatively long front and a shorter back, which long front results in a concealment of the front ventilating strip 20, by the upper waist-edge of the wearers trousers when the garment is worn by a man, and the shorter back of which enables the posterior rear Hap 16, of the drawers lto extend far enough up the back to provide ample length of rear opening.

By providing the placket extension or Y at, the front.-

`Having described myY invention what I claim is,-

l. A combination garment comprising a Abody portion and a drawers portion both having a front plaeket,the'material of the -fbody and the material of the drawers being Vseparated at thefrnnt of the garment in a `direction erosswise ot the placket, and said garment having strips of ventilatiiig material at'the front and at opposite sides of the placket which strips connect the. body fand drawers portion.

2. A combination garment comprising a '.'body portion and a drawers portion the body portion having a front placket with an eX- tension that projects below the body and the drawers having a front placket which registers with the body-placket eXtension,-tlie lmaterial of the body and the material of the 4drawers being separated at the front of the garment in a direction crosswise and at opposite sidesy of the placket extension and strips of Ventilating material at the trent of z.the garment at opposite sides of the placket f extension said .strips connecting the body Copies o! Vtliisfpatent inay be obtained for and drawers portion.

3. A combination garment comprising a body portion having front and a drawers portion having a front said body and drawers fronts being connected by strips of nonelastic open-mesh Ventilating material and the garment having a back with a posterior iiap.

4. A combination garment having a body portion and a drawers portion the body and drawers being connected at the front by strips of ventilating material and said body and drawers being connected at the back by an elastic material and at the rear said garment having a. posterior flap that terminates at the elastic material connection.

A combination garment having a body portion and a drawers portion the body and drawers being connected at the front by strips ,oit non-elastic venti] ating material and said body and drawers being connected at Ythe back by an elastic material the strips of:

ventilatiiig material at the front being lower on the garment than the elastic material connection at the rear, and at the rear said gar- `Ament having a posterior 'Hap that terminates at the elastic material connection.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELI OPPENHEIM.

Witnesses GEO. B. FOX

IRVING IV. on'rnn.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

